Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood headline the ICC Test Rankings
What's the story
Australian cricket team bowlers Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood grabbed headlines in the latest ICC Test Rankings for Bowlers.
Lyon was exceptional in the recently concluded first Test match versus New Zealand. He claimed a match haul of 10 wickets, including a six-wicket haul in the second innings.
Pacer Hazlewood played his part with four wickets in the match.
Rankings
Lyon jumps two spots, Hazlewood gains
Lyon has jumped two spots and is sixth. He has a total of 697 rating points.
Hazlewood jumped to fourth. He rose one place and owns 822 rating points.
Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the fourth match versus England, continues to lead the show with 867 rating points.
Fellow Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is second. He has 846 rating points.
Kagiso Rabada follows suit.
Lyon
Lyon claimed match 10-fer versus NZ, attaining these feats
Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers in both innings. His match figures read 10/108. He has raced to 527 wickets in 128 Tests, averaging 30.35.
With his third wicket, Lyon went past Courtney Walsh (519) to become the seventh-highest wicket-taker in Tests.
Lyon now owns Test fifers in nine different nations, the joint-most for any player alongside Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.
Hazlewood
Hazlewood surpassed 100 WTC wickets
Hazlewood completed 100 wickets in the ICC World Test Championship. He accomplished the milestone with his first wicket in the recently concluded Test series opener against New Zealand.
The right-arm pacer claimed two wickets apiece in both innings.
The veteran pacer became the fourth Aussie bowler to accomplish 100 WTC wickets as he joined Pat Cummins (170), Mitchell Starc (143) and Lyon (184).
Green
Green and Phillips move up
Cameron Green hit an unbeaten 174* in the first innings and managed a decent knock of 34 in the second.
He jumped up a total of 22 places to reach 23rd in the ICC Test Rankings for Batters.
New Zealand's Glenn Phillips scored a valiant half-century. He moved up 18 spots to 52nd.
Meanwhile, Rachin Ravindra rose up five places to 76th.
Information
Jaiswal and Rohit gain amidst Labuschagne's fall
India's Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma each gained two berths among the batters. A drop of five places for Marnus Labuschagne to 13th helped the two move up. Meanwhile, Travis Head dropped one place to be 12th.